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J. H. RUDY.

CAR GOUPLING. No. 435,772.

Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOI-IN II. RUDY, OF BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ARCHIBALD I. CODDINGTON, JR., OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,772, dated September 2, 1890.

Avplication filed lune 13, 1890. Serial Noi 355,368. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN II. RUDY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of llound Brook, Somerset county, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Car-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of certain details in the constructionv of a car-coupling with the view of permitting the ready and automatic Io coupling of cars by means of the usual link, and with the further view of permitting the ready uneoupling of the cars without the necessity of going between the same, and of permitting the coupling of cars of different heights.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a longitudinal section of parts of two cars provided with coupling devices constructed in accordance with my invention,

zo the cars being represented as approaching each other before thc coupling has been effected; and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing` the parts as they appear after the cars have been coupled together.

Suitably supported vertically in a yoke or bearing G beneath the body or platform of the car and connected to the usual draw-bar of the car is a draw-head or coupling-head A, which may consist of a simple bent plate of 3o iron having a curved and slotted front plate similar to a well-known f orm of coupling-head nowinuseinconnectionwiththeordinarylinkand-pin coupling. My improved couplinghead, however, has in the top and bottom two sets of openings for the reception and guidance of the two legs a a of a looped couplingpin B, the front leg a being shorter than the rear leg a of said pin, so that the latter leg need never be wholly withdrawn from the 4o opening in the bottom of the coupling-head, a pin l?, carried by said leg a', serving to limit the rise of the coupling-pin.

In the front of the rear leg e is a notch b', and to the back of said leg is secured a spring f, and when the coupling-pin has been raised to its full height, this spring bears against the back of the opening in the bottom plate of the couplinghead and thrusts the leg a forward, so that its notch engages with the bottom plate at the front of the opening, the 5o coupling-pin being thereby supported in such a position that a coupling-link can enter the coupling-head beneath the short front leg of said coupling-pin.

To the rear of the couplinghead is secured a slotted spring-plate D, the side wings of which project forward and upward toward the front of the coupling-head and serve to press down upon the entering portion of a link, so as to cause said link to project hori- 6o zontally from the coupling-head.

To suitable bearings on the under side of the ear is hung a rock-shaft F, which has at one side of the car, or at both sides of the same, if desired,aproj ecting arm F,whereby it may be manipulated, this shaft also having a projecting arm F2, which extends forward to a point beneath the rear leg a of the couplingpin. Hence by properly moving either of the arms F the arm F2 may be caused to ele- 7o vate the coupling-pin B in order to release the link and permit ofthe uncoupling of the cars, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and any suitable form of catch may be employed for retaining the lifter in this position until the cars have been uncoupled, when it may be thrown down, so as to permit the couplingpin to remain in position for recoupling.`

Between the under plate of the couplinghead and the bottom of the yoke or bearing 8o G, which supports said head, is interposed a wedge-block m, which has an arm n extending backward to a lever p, the latter being suitably hung tothe under side of the car and extending beyond the same at one or both sides, so that it may be readily manipulated and the wedge-block thrust forward beneath the coupling-head in order to raise the same when it. is desired to effect a coupling with a higher car or withdrawn, so as to lower the 9o coupling-head, when it is desired to effect a coupling with a lower car.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 95 l. The combination 0f the coupling-head with the looped coupling-pin having a short front leg and a long rear leg, the latter being notched for engagement with the couplinghead and having a spring for holding said nooh in engagement, substantially as speciie 2. The combination of the coupling-head, the looped coupling-link having a short front leg and long rear leg notched for engagement with the coupling -.head, and a rook-shaft mounted on the car and having Ya projecting arm for acting upon said long leg of the coupling-pin and lifting the latter, so as to release the link from engagement with the short leg of the pin, substantially' as specified.

3. The combination of the coupling-head and its supporting-yoke with a wedge-block interposed between said Coupling-head and its supporting-yoke, whereby on projecting or retraeting said wedge-block the con p l i n g-head JOHN H. RUDY. lVitnesses:

HENRY C. SUYDAM, A. I. CoDDINGToN, Jr. 

